Fastening device.



1%. 846,678. I PATENTED MAR. 12, 1901.

M. L. MARTINEZ.

FASTENING DEVICE. ,urmouxox FILED 11:11.12, 190s.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE."

FASTENING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

' Patented March 12, 1907.

Application filed February 12, 1906. Serial No. 300,745.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARIE L. MARTINEZ, a citizen of the United States,residing at Baltimore, in the State of Maryland, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Fastening Devices, of which the followingis a specification.

My invention has relation to fastening devices; and it relatesparticularly to means for detachably securing together the adjacentedges of a garment, such as a corset, skirtplacket, &c.

Among the objects in view is to provide an extremely simple,inexpensive, and efficient device of the character described whereby theadjacent edges of a garment may be quickly secured together and theparts of the fastener prevented from becoming accidentally separated ordetached, but which parts may be quickly separated when it is desired tounfasten the garment.

The invention consists in the novel construction, arrangement, andcombination of parts, as hereinafter fully described, illustrated in thedrawing, and pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawing, Figure 1 is a plan view showing a pair of corset-staysprovided with my fastening device, the said stays being shown separated.Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the parts of the fastening device assecured together. Fig. 3 is a sectional view on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2.Fig. 4 is a plan view of a modified form of the fastening device. Fig. 5is a central longitudinal section of Fig. 4. Fig. 6 is a plan view of afurther modified form of the eye member of the device. Fig. 7 is aperspective view, on an enlarged scale, of the eye member of the deviceseen in Fig. 1, showing more clearly how the upper leaf 2 is bent downto form guides for the head of the stud on the stud member.

My fastening device comprises two sections or members, one an eyeportion and the other a stud portion adapted to engage with the said eyeportion.

Referring particularly to Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings, where, forexample, I have shown my device applied to a pair of corsetstays, 1indicates one section or member of the device, the same being doubledupon itself, so as to provide an upper leaf or portion 2 and a lowerleaf 3, the two being slightly separated. The member 1 is constructed ofspring metal, so that the upper leaf or portion 2 will be yielding orresilient for a purpose presently apparent. The portions 2 and 3 areeach provided with a keyhole-slot 4-, the two slots registering witheach other. 5 indicates the'other section or member of the device, thesame comprising a fiat piece of metal to which is secured a stud havinga head 7 and a shank 8. The head 7 is adapted to be passed upwardlythrough the enlarged portion of the slot in the portion 3 of member 1and thence through the like portion of the slot in section 2, and thenthe shank 8 will be drawn into the registering narrow portions of theslots. Owing to the fact that the upper portion 2 of section 1 isresilient or springy, the same will have a tendency to maintain the studin place and to prevent the same from easily riding out of the narrowportion of the slots, and thus becoming unfastened. I bend down theedges of the slot in the upper section of the eye member, as at 10, thebent down portions thus forming guides to cause the head 7 of the studwhen being passed upwardly through the slots in the eye member to rideup on said guides to thus direct said head up onto the upper face of theupper section and then over the humps 12, presently described. Were thesaid bent-down portions 10 not provided, the head of the stud might havea tendency to get beneath the under surface of the upper section 2without riding over the humps 12, and thus not effect the proper lockingengagement of the parts. For the purpose of providing still greatersecurity against accidental unfastening of the parts of the fastener Iprovide the portion 2 with transverse humps or ridges 12, over which thehead of the stud will ride, and then engage behind said humps to holdthe parts in locked relation. It will be evident that the provision ofthe humps renders it necesary to exert quite a little effort to causethe head of the stud to ride up over the humps in the act of unfasteningthe device.

In practice the sections 2 and 5 are to be secured in any suitablemanner to the garment, and in the application thereof to a corset thesection 1 is to be riveted or similarly secured to one of the stays,while the stud is to be secured to the other stay, all as shown. Withthe construction seen in Figs. 1, 2, and 3 the section 1 will be securedat that edge opposite to where the section is doubled over.

In Figs. 4 and 5 I show an eye-section 15,

which is identical in construction with that seen in Figs. 1, 2, and 3,with the exception that by reason of the section being secured at itsdoubled end to the garment the slots 16 are necessarily reversed inposition.

In Fig. 6 I show a slightly-modified construction of the eye member seenin Figs 1 to 5, the modification consisting in the provision of humps29, which extend from the edges of the keyhole-slot 28 only partiallyacross the width of the eye member 27 instead of entirely to the edgesof said eye member, as in the first-named figures of drawings, and thehumps 29 serve the same purpose as the humps seen in Figs. 1 to 5.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A fastening device comprising an eye member made from a single pieceof spring metal doubled upon itself to provide an upper and a lowerportion, the upper portion being resilient or springy and adapted formovement toward and from the lower portion, and each portion beingprovided with a keyhole-slot which slots register with each other, andthe upper portion being provided with humps at opposite sides of theslot therein, and a stud member having a stud, the head of which isadapted to pass upwardly through the enlarged portion of the slot in thelower portion of the eye member and then through the registeringenlarged portion of the slot in the upper portion and then to ride overthe said humps and lie behind the latter.

2. A fastening device comprising a section or member having upper andlower portions which overlap, the upper portion being resilient andprovided with a keyhole-slot and the lower portion also having akeyhole-slot, the two slots registering with each other and a secondsection provided with a stud adapted to engage within the slots of thesections, the said upper portion being bent downwardly upon each side ofthe slot therein to form guides to direct the head of the stud upwardlyover the upper face of the upper portion as and for the purpose setforth.

3. A fastening device comprising a section having upper and lowerportions, said portions being constructed from a strip of spring metalbent back upon itself so that the upper and lower portions overlap, thesaid upper and lower portions having registering slots, and a secondsection having a stud adapted to engage within said slots, the upperportion being bent downwardly upon each side of the slot therein to formguides to direct the head of the stud upwardly over the upper face ofthe upper portion as andfor the purpose set forth.

4. A fastening device comprising a section having upper and loweroverlapping portions, the upper portion being resilient and providedwith a slot and the lower portion also having a slot, humps formed inthe upper portion at opposite sides of the slot therein, and a secondsection having a stud adapted to engage within said slots, the upperportion being bent downwardly upon each side of the slot therein to formguides to direct the head of the stud upwardly over the upper face ofthe upper portion as and for the purpose specified. 7

5. A fastening device comprising a section having upper and lowerportions provided with registering slots, the upper portion being bentdown upon each side of the slot therein to form guides 10, and a secondsection'having a headed stud adapted to engage within the slots, thesaid stud being adapted to pass upwardly through the slot in the lowerportion of the eye member and be then directed by said guides upwardlythrough the slot in the upper portion of the eye member so that the headof the stud will lie upon the upper face of said upper portion as setforth.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

MARIE L. MARTINEZ.

l/Vitnesses:

E. M. FINOH, GEO. R. MARBLE.

